Single-surgeon parotidectomy outcomes in an academic center experience during a 15-year period.

Objective: As large single-surgeon series in the literature are lacking, we sought to review a single-surgeon's experience with parotidectomy in an academic center, with a focused analysis of pathology, technique, and facial nerve (FN) weakness. Benchmark values for complications and operative times with routine trainee involvement and without continuous FN monitoring are offered.

Materials And Methods: All patients who underwent parotidectomy, performed by D.

Location of Small Intracanalicular Vestibular Schwannomas Based on Magnetic Resonance Imaging.

Vestibular schwannomas (VSs) were proposed to arise from the glial-Schwann cell junction within the internal auditory canal (IAC). However, otopathology studies indicate that VS may arise anywhere along the course of the vestibular nerve. Recent studies suggested that the majority of tumors are located centrally within the IAC with an equal distribution near the porus acusticus and the fundus.